Fence-post clamp.



D. CARSWBLL.

FENCE POST CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED 121315, 1911.

Patented June 27, 1911.

DAVID CARSWELL, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

FENCE-POST CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1911.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,773.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DAVID CARswnLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Post Clamps,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a clamp formed from a singlepiece of wire which, in combination with a bolt and nut, is adapted toform an absolutely secure support for a line of fence wire by which saidwire will be held immovable on a post, and which clamp by reason of itssimplicity of construction and the ease and speed with which it and thewire can be attached to a post reduces the cost of building a line offence to a minimum.

I accomplish my object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which,

Figure 1 illustrates a tubular post, broken away, showing a clamp inside elevation thereon with a line of fence wire held in rigid positionagainst the post, a lower clamp shown in open position engaging a lineof wire as it is being placed on the post before the ends of the clamphave been brought together; Fig. 2 is a top elevation of the clamp witha bolt inserted and a nut screwed on the threaded end thereof holdingthe ends of the clamp thereon spaced from each other, and Fig. 3 is adetail of the clamp in open position showing the loop ends with whichthe bolt engages.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A represents any suitable post, preferably of cement or metal, thatshown being tubular metal.

B B represent a line of wire fencing, broken away, and G is a singlepiece of heavy pliable wire its ends twisted back upon itself the pointsof reversal forming loops D D, the two tip ends of the wire being againreversed to positions slightly inward and upward forming hooks E E. Asthe clamp is being attached to a post the fence wire B is caught inthese hooks, as shown in the lower open clamp in Fig. 1. Its loops D Dare then pressed together drawing the clamp around the post; bolt H isinserted through said loops D D and a nut h screwed up on the threadedend of the bolt until the tension of the clamp is such that the clamp isimmovable upon the post. The tightening of the clamp simultaneouslydraws the ends of hooks E E against or in such close proximity with postA that the line of fencing wire seated in the hooks is not only beddedin the hooks but is also drawn rigid against the post thus rendering itimmovable. A plurality of posts and wires thus form a string of fencingthat will stand. firm under the greatest pressure the posts supportingthe clamps while the lines of wire bedded in the hooks of each clamp andheld rigid against the posts will assist in holding the posts firmlyerect and in line with each other.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a fence post and a fence wire, of a clampcomprising a single piece of heavy pliable wire its ends reversedforming loops twisted on said pliable wire toward its center the tipends turned slightly upward and inward forming hooks to carry said fencewire, a bolt with threaded end to engage with said loops and a nut toengage with the threaded end of said bolt and look said clamp immovablyon the post and simultaneously hold said fence wire bedded in said hooksand firmly against said post.

2. A fence post clamp comprising a single heavy pliable wire the endsthereof looped and twisted backward to its center, the tip ends bentslightly upward and inward forming hooks to seat the fence wire andmeans to grip the loop ends together for clamping a support andsimultaneously holding the wire rigid in said tip ends and against thesupport.

3. The combination with a support and a line of fence wire, of a singleheavy pliable wire comprising a central body section, duplicate loopsformed by a reversal of direction of the ends thereof, duplicate hooksformed by the tips of said ends and adapted to seat said wire, and abolt and nut with which to engage said loops and lock the clamp andfence wire immovably on the support.

4. The combination with a plurality of fence posts and fence wires, of aplurality against the posts when the devices are of clamps each composedof a single pliable wire the ends thereof forming loops, a bolt and nutconnecting said loops, said ends encircling the body part of saidpliable wire the tips of said ends forming hooks spaced apart at thecentral part of the wire and adapted to seat the fence wires innnovablyclamped. 10 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID CARSlVELL. lVitnesses:

J. V. REILLY, E. F. HARTZELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

